AHVS 488D
Caring for Museum Collections
Units: 1.5
Hours: 3-0-0
Formerly: HA 488D
An examination of the physical characteristics of museum collections, the ways they are affected by a range of factors in their physical and social environments, and the risk assessment, preventive conservation, and treatment guidelines that are used to ensure safekeeping of artifacts and specimens in storage, on exhibit, and in use for research or programming purposes.
Notes:
- Credit will be granted for only one of AHVS 488D, HA 488D.
- Subject to differential fees; consult Fees for Undergraduate Programs.
Undergraduate course in Art History and Visual Studies offered by the Department of Art History and Visual Studies in the Faculty of Fine Arts.